Washboiler rack



May 24, 1927,

G. QUAALE WASHBOILBRBACK Filed April 28 1925 I- II m WM 5 w. M 1 Wu 5 IO...Y a 47 Yum 4 A. m 2 I I 4/ M 5 1' q. 9 I 7/ I a &

Patented: May

GILBERT Q AALE F writnou, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

wnsinaortnn Rac lpplicati on filed A ril 2 1925. Serial at. 26,461.

The invention relates to improvements. in wash boiler racks and an Ob ect' of the unvention 1s to provide an open rackzcon- 'structed to receiveclothes andother articles to be washed and designed-to enter .the

customary Wash boilerv and provided-with handles whereby thefsame canfbe readily placed in and removed from the boiler. i

A further objectof the invention "is to. construct the handles so that theyvcan .be utilized for supportingthe clothes contains ing rack inan elevated position within the boiler thereby permitting the ready drain ing of the clothes before from the boiler.

Fig. lis a perspective vlewfofthe rack. Fig. 2 is a side viewrof the-rack as it. appears in the boiler, the boiler being shown in vertical-section.

Fig; 'iS a View similar to'Fig f 2 a i the rack inpdraining positionij- -"several figures... I V g The rack 1 isof a shape such that it willv 1 just nicely fit'l within the customary wash boiler 2. {As is well known, wash 'boilersf 7 Fig. t'is an -end view of the rack. Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof'oneof the suspendingxhooks or catches.

are. usually made with semi-circular'ends I and flat sides and the rack whichl'provide has semicircular ends 3 and landrstraight sides 5 andG-connectinglthe ends.

- ,Inf'the present nstance, the rack is formed 'f-rom upper and'lower wire-frames- 7! and ,8 and. angintermediately positioned reinforcingfwire 9'.f Suitably spaced stay'f orvertical'wires l0 connect the wires i, 8. and .9. and horizontalintersecting cross.

and lengthwise 1 extending Wiresfll and 7127f form: the bottom ,ofthe-rack," these latter 1' Wires having their ends connected to the I lowerframe 8. ':1he side-and'bottom form V ing wiresfcan bejcontinuous if so desired. 1 p

' Obviously the open rack 'so "termed t can they are removed In the drawing like characters of ref: erence indicate corresponding parts. :in the}; g k g V "I'lhe'hooksthen act to'suspend'thefclothesl so, that. they canndr'ainj ".AfterfJdraining,

the rack can be 1 removed from the'gboiler.

The wires of the rack arespacedgapart 'a distance suflic'ient to prevent the smaller. 1 'piecesof clothes from escaping 'fromfthe' rack. and the frame forming; wires are su t" ficiently heavy to give rigidity" to the structure. If-,des1red',-;the handlesflcanflbe prop vided'with.grips of'anyapproved type. 5 WhatflI claimasmy' invention A'drain'rack be readily filled with as or other material to be washed and then placed in the I boiler andthefboiling water-is free tocirculate through the clothes: to efl'ect the. p j

washing.

Handles 1 3 andil i-ar'e providedgfori'liift 7 .ing' or lowering therack and these-handles are also utilized to 'suspendtherackIin an g elevated or draining position within thei boiler. It will'bejnoticed-that each ha'ndle is formed from wire bent to provide. a loop which is pivotally attached'to "the ends-of the fram'ewire 8. 'The handlestakea position within the ends of the rack and they" are provided with "1 outstanding hooks or, catches 15 and 16whioh' overhang-the rein forcing wire 9. When the handles arenot' in use, these; hooksior catches preventthe,

handles from fallin'g 'inwardly. 1

When'onewishes' to Wash the clothesin the boiler, the rack is placed in the boiler, 7

the"=handles being drawn in so that the? hooks will not catch on the top- (of; th

boiler. ;The clothes are then 'put in the rack. and boiledlin the usual way. When 7 v [the boiling has. been completed, the handles aregrasped and the rack with the clothes 4 V thefupp'er edge of the boiler. .One then ,1 g draws the handles outwardly 'towardsthe v ends ofthe rack to catch the hooks -on the, ends of the boiler as-shown; in Figure 3.

therein is raised until the hooks are "above comprising a-basketformedx of 'wire and? including a reinforcing frame memberf'extending entirely around the b'ody of the basket above the bottom wall thereof,

a pair of vertically disposed: handle members located within and .at opposite ends of the i 1 basket and; having 'theirylower'. extremities ivotedtothe bottom wall ofjthe basket/( I and;v outwardly directed-j hook members car-. 1 T

ried by said handle members including horizontal portions passing above said reinforcing frame member and terminating in downward projections engageable with the outer side of said reinforcing frame member to l1m1t lnward swlnglng movement of the handle members, said hook members affording means -for suspending the rack from the upper edge of a boiler. V or gther receptacle in which the rack is 10 V use Signed at Birch Hills, Saskatchewan this, 24th day of March, 1925.

GILBERT QUAALE. 

